Baby-Sitters Club in the Garden State

Do you remember the Baby-Sitters Club show? I used to love watching it when it came on the Disney Channel after Kids Incorporated and the Mickey Mouse Club. Looking back now, it was a very cheesy show--it even outcheesed the books. Here is the opening from Stacey's Big Break, the one in which Stacey tries her hand at being a model.

Aren't the Jersey accents terrible? I didn't even notice them as a child. Can you figure out what celebrity is featured in this clip?

Yep, that's Zach Braff. I guess he wasn't lying about growing up in the Garden State, but I don't know how he found the time to paralyze his mother during his busy Baby-Sitters Club filming schedule (just kidding, I know that was just in the movie). Anyway, wasn't Dawn supposed to be the California Girl? Couldn't they have found some blonde annoying environmentalist from the west coast?

Enjoy the blast from the past, and if you are interested in where these girls are now, take a look at this.

http://stoneybrookmscafe.blogspot.com/2008/06/bsc-tv-show-where-are-they-now.html

Stacey's a lawyer!!! And her almost-sister was on All My Children! That is some crazy stuff.

Have fun on your trip down memory lane!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Dylan McKay is the archetype for boys I love

I have just recently sat down and concluded this as fact. For me to think that a boy looks really hot, his hair must look like some version of this:I have an unnatural affinity for side burns. I love boys who have some kind of issues with their mom or dad or both of them. I like boys who are well read and smarter than they appear. Scars (especially on the eyebrow) are hot. He must not be afraid to do really scary things. It is important for him to be at least somewhat temperamental and he must keep me guessing what he is going to do or say next. All the boys in school and at church that I lusted after (yes, I know, it's funny that I lusted after boys in church, but I didn't act on the temptation..shouldn't that count for something?), every actor, every singer, every boy in the mall and every boy in a book, and yes, even my husband, has had an element of Dylan in them. I guess because I watched him on 90210 since I was 5 years old, that has absolutely colored my view of the world.
Now I hear that Luke Perry is not going to be on the new 90210, and in fact, turned down returning to the role because he has a chance to play an abusive foster parent on Law and Order SVU. WTF LUKE? Must you shatter all of my hopes and dreams?Sigh. I guess I will have to find the heir to the Dylan McKay legacy, because you know that there will be one in the new cast. But they will never be as good as the original.

Burning clues into this heart of mine

Is it possible to miss someone you never knew? It seems with musicians and actors, or really any kind of artist, we are able to connect with them in a different way that leaves a dull ache in our hearts when thinking of their absence. Think of the artists through the years whose death has this effect on their followers--James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, and the recent death of Heath Ledger . People grieve and emulate these artists; in many cases, artists that died before they were ever born. Why do we feel so attached to these artists and why are we so stricken by their death? Is it because they died young?

I certainly don't remember the same fanfare when Marlon Brando died recently; people regard him as a great and very talented actor, but they forgot that James Dean came along after him and was often accused of emulating him; they also forget how good looking he was in his youth. So is it better to die young and beautiful, with a career cut short and have people say "He would have been great"? Or is it better to die an old, overweight man who had the chance to become great, but will be remembered by many as a bit of a recluse who was great in "The Godfather" but also had a cameo in a Michael Jackson video? To Quote Kurt's Suicide Note, which quoted Neil Young, is it "better to burn out than fade away"?

More meaningful to me than the death of any other artist was the death of Jeff Buckley. When he died I was 12, and I liked the songs "Last Goodbye" and "Hallelujah." I was sad when they found his body in the river (for those of you who don't know, he died in an accidental drowning in Memphis). But, I really fell in love with Jeff's music and felt his loss immensely at the age of 17. A life-long friend died in a car accident on her way to be a counselor at church camp. I found myself in a funk (also known as depression). Her death seemed so senseless and such a waste of a wonderful person. One night, up late and unable to sleep, I tip-toed into my sisters room and went through her tapes until I found the one I was looking for. It was "Grace" by Jeff Buckley. I discovered the greatness of the album and went to buy the cd at Circuit City the next day. In my opinion, "Grace" is an album full of beautiful songs that are not easily accessible. You have to listen to them several times before you are rewarded in understanding their true meaning and the depth of the feeling that resounds within them. Each one is beautiful and haunting in a different way than the others. The thing that binds all of these songs into my favorite album of all time is the talent of the young singer-songwriter who sings them.

Though I took comfort in wallowing in many of these songs, I also found joy in a lot of them. I went on to collect the albums that were released after Jeff died, my favorite being "Live at Sin-e" which he recorded in his favorite haunt in Greenwich Village. Sin-e is where he was discovered by record execs. You can hear plates clattering in the background as his voice hits octaves that Mariah wishes she could reach. I feel conflicted about the album "Sketches for my Sweetheart, the Drunk" which was released posthumously and features many of the tracks that he was working on for his upcoming album. Many of them are in rough condition and I know that Jeff, who was a perfectionist, would be angry that they were heard by all of us. But overall, as I collected all of the cds, listening to his beautiful voice helped to lift me out of a very depressing and angsty time in my life. And then I felt a new, profound loss. With the last article read, the last cd collected, and the last song heard, I knew it would be the very last time I would feel the joy of discovering something new from Jeff. Jeff wasn't coming back and he wouldn't get to evolve creatively. It was a sad discovery of what I had known deep down all along--the artist who had helped me to get through one of the darker times in my life was no longer around to comment on the dark times that affect all of us- 9/11, Katrina, the war. I will never again listen to a new song by Jeff and have to rewind to try and figure out what he said.

But in some ways that is comforting. His is the kind of music that grows and takes on new meaning at different points in life. "Hallelujah" has had a resurgence in popularity several times, first with 9/11--it was used in many tributes--and then when it was sung by Jason Castro on American Idol. Soon after, Jeff was #1 on Itunes, an online music store that wasn't even around when he died. Jeff's music was never as popular when he was alive as it has been since his passing. Perhaps the only positive side effect of the profound loss of Jeff and his musical talent is the fact that it will be discovered and loved by so many more people.

So today I want to celebrate Jeff's life and music. He was a beautiful person whose music is a gift that will be with us forever, reminding us of his genius and of what might have been. To quote my favorite Jeff Buckley song, he is truly the "tear that hangs inside my soul forever."

With the snap of a finger...

If I could have any super power, this would be mine:

I really hate getting ready in the morning. If I could snap my fingers and go, I would be such a happy girl. It's not that I don't like looking good, and in most cases I wouldn't go out without makeup and clean hair, but I just don't like doing it all. I guess that means I'm lazy, but whatever. I have no interest in acting or looking like a boy, but I don't like the work involved in being a girl.

Anyway, if you could have any super power, what would it be and why? Please comment! I'll give you a cookie! By the way, you don't have to join to comment, just input your name and comment and submit. I know I'm begging, but I need some motivation and I am having a stressful day.

I hope you have a good day!

Elle Bunny

Hey Ouiser, Remember Me?!

There is no denying the fact that Shirley Maclaine is a little looney/bat-shit crazy. Case in point: her recent appearance on The View.

She is, however, very funny, and in some of the best movies ever. Here is the death scene (sorry if you haven't seen the movie and I just spoiled it, but really, why haven't you seen the movie yet?) from Terms of Endearment.

And here is a great scene from Steel Magnolias that I have already posted here once. Ouiser at her finest.

If the only movie Shirley MacLaine ever did was Steel Magnolias, that would be enough. But she has had a long and very successful career. Fun trivia-she is Warren Beatty's older sister. She is 74 and she did her first movie in 1955-Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry for which she won a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year-Actress.

She won her first Oscar in 1983 for Terms of Endearment. So, today I embrace my bat-shit crazy side and crown Shirley MacLaine Friday's Fun Fearless Female of the week.

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Beverly Hills, 90210: training ground for made-for-tv movies?

What is it about the cast of 90210 that makes their lifetime movies so much better than all the others? I mean, I guess I could be biased because I love 90210, but who can deny the greatness of "Mother, may I sleep with Danger?" or "Friends 'til the End?" I hope they were paying them some major cash because they were constantly in danger of being killed by some scary stalker.
I guess it makes sense that they would be great candidates for made-for-tv movies, because the plots on the show were very similar. I wonder if Tori ever got confused while filming MMISWD and called the scary abusive stalker Ray instead of Kevin?

I think maybe someday I'm going to write my first book about the cast of 90210. I would so enjoy getting all of the dirt and I think that I would do a really good job because I know so much about the show already. Although, I honestly think I would pee my pants if I ever met Luke Perry in person. My BFF Meredith swears that she sat next to Luke Perry's sister on a plane when she was a little girl. First of all, I wonder if that girl just liked going around and telling people she was Luke's sister, but really wasn't related to him at all (who does this remind you of?) (I always hated Erika and her horrible mother). Second of all, why can't stuff like that ever happen to the right person? Why can't Meredith be sitting next to Robert Plant's cousin on a plane next time, and I'll sit down next to Luke's sister. Anyway, I wonder if anybody would buy a book written about the behind the scenes goings on at 90210? Probably no one except me, the writer--nobody really cares anymore.
So here are some of my favorite scenes from the 90210 stars' tv movies, and I have also included some clips from 90210 to demonstrate the training it provided. I apologize for the poor quality of some of the video (apparently no one thought it was worthwhile to sell "Friends 'til the End" on VHS or DVD. Or if they did, no one on youtube has taken the time to add it--except people who just film their tv while it is showing on LMN).
Enjoy!

This is "Falling For You" starring Jennie Garth aka Kelly Taylor. Basically,
a serial killer attacks Jennie, a commercial artist, which leaves her with amnesia and then he becomes her neighbor.I've never seen it, but it looks cheesy and awesome.The whole amnesia thing reminds me of when Kelly had amnesia after being shot in a drive-by. Remember that?

That was really crazy. I tried to find clips of Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg, which is my all-time favorite Jennie Garth made-for-tv movie, but there was nothing. If you ever happen upon it on LMN, watch it! It's great!

This is a clip from the classic "Friends 'til the End." Shannon has an amazing voice, don't you think? This has to be one of my all time favorite made-for-tv movies.

This is "A Friend to Die For" which is also sometimes called "Death of A Cheerleader." It is such an awesome movie! Tori plays such a bitch. She has obviously been taking notes while watching Brenda and Kelly duke it out.

I love it when Andrea says "thanks for the memories" in her little memaw gown.If they were trying to make her seem as young as the rest of the cast, they weren't doing a very good job.

This is the amazing work of Valerie Malone, aka Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. And did you notice a young Mr.David Silver came to her rescue at the end there? This must have been when they were dating in real life.

This is the award winning film "Co-ed Call Girl." If you couldn't tell from the title it is about a girl (played by Tori) who is in college and gets wrapped up in the world of professional escorting. Acting at it's finest.

Love,
Elle Bunny

RIP-Estelle Getty-1923-2008

I'm so sad! Sophia Petrillo was by far the most awesome of the Golden Girls. She died after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. Estelle was actually a year younger than her co-stars Betty White and Bea Arthur, who played her daughter. Look at that hot mama!

Estelle leaves behind two sons, Carl and Barry Gettleman, but she is joining her husband Arthur in heaven. She was married to Arthur from 1946 until his passing in 2004. Estelle was born the daughter of Polish immigrants who worked in the glass business. She started out in Yiddish theatre and even worked as a comedian in the Catskill resorts like they had in Dirty Dancing. She spent many years working on Broadway. She also played Sly Stallone's mom in "Stop or My Mom will Shoot!" which looked pretty funny (but was probably really bad as well).

This is what the other GG's had to say upon hearing about Estelle's passing.
Rue McClanahan told the Associated Press, "Don't feel sad about her passing. She will always be with us in her crowning achievement, Sophia." Bea Arthur said in a statement, "Our mother-daughter relationship was one of the greatest comic duos ever, and I will miss her." Betty White remarked, "The only comfort at this moment is that although Estelle has moved on, Sophia will always be with us."
On Friday, Lifetime will be airing 10 of Sophia's best episodes in her honor. I thought that I would put some of my favorite Sophia moments up to enjoy.

Let's celebrate the greatness of Estelle Getty!

Love,

Elle Bunny

My weekend in a nutshell

So my workplace has been going through some changes lately and I don't really like them. I still love the organization, but I knew it was bad when my bosses at work started to bother me more than the people on the phone. So I applied for a job in another part of the organization (same building). And I already got an interview for this Friday! Isn't that exciting?

I found this out on Friday and immediately felt like I had to go out and buy a new shirt for the interview (to wear with my awesome suit) but I still have not bought anything. But do you ever notice how something like an interview or a reunion or a wedding can make you feel like you have to get all this stuff done that you've been putting off for weeks? Now I feel like I really need to get my nails done and my eyebrows waxed and while I'm at it, I should really get my toes done. And I am kicking myself for making my hair appointment for the Monday afterwards (of course, how could I have known three months ago?).

I worked this Saturday because I had been off on Monday to recover from the George Michael goodness. And might I say, crazy people call on Saturdays. This lady kept calling over and over again who wants to be in a commercial for our organization, and she had gotten into two fights with people earlier in the day and we were instructed to tell her "I'm sorry but we have exhausted all of our resources and I'm going to have to disconnect now". She called twice and told me she wanted to apologize to my supervisor for yelling at her. Then she tells me on the second call that it is her birthday. How sad is it that the best thing she had to do was call us 15 times on her birthday? People are weird (and sad). I used to work a different shift where I always worked on Saturday and the people used to drive me nuts, but for a one time shift, it was kind of nice change. I found that I had missed the crazies (but not too much).

Later that night, we went to see The Dark Knight which was really amazing. Heath Ledger is unbelievable. I already want to see it again, and I heard it is really awesome in Imax. While we were waiting in line, we ran into my friend Justin and his family. It was good to see them.

I have also discovered that I am becoming one of those horrible obsessed people when it comes to Twilight. I always thought the Harry Potter people were kind of silly-little did I know. I called my friend Rachel and told her she had to read it and wouldn't stop talking about it. I make my husband watch all the stuff online and I am lucky that he isn't ready to throw me off our balcony because it is what I talk about 60% of the time. During my spare time at work, pretty much all I do is watch behind the scenes footage from the movie and read stuff on all the Twilighter websites. I started bouncing up and down in my seat when the preview for it came on when we were at Dark Knight-yes, I know, I am a twelve year old at heart. And I apologize to everyone I know who is probably ready to hit me at this point. But it is an addiction.

So on Sunday, Mr Bunny and I hung out all morning (and a little of the afternoon) in our pjs before going to my parents for a cookout. I love my family. They are so much fun to be around. And I am so excited for my sister whose last day of work was Friday since she is going back to school to get her masters in education and become a History teacher. I am so proud of her and glad that she gets a little bit of time off before she goes back to school.

Well I've got to get back to work. Have a great day!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Stephenie Meyer, Friday's Fun Fearless Female

Stephenie Meyer is my shero for four reasonsTwilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn

(which I haven't read yet, of course, but have no doubt will be awesome). I am in the process of trying to read The Host to occupy my time until Breaking Dawn comes out (2 weeks!) but it is hard for me to get into since I'm not a big science fiction person.
Stephenie is a Mormon housewife who lives in Arizona with her husband Pancho (whose real name is Christian--I'd like to hear the long story that lead to that nickname) and her three sons. She graduated from Brigham Young. She wrote Twilight after having a dream in which she saw a girl sitting in a meadow with a sparkling vampire. Can you believe that is what a Mormon housewife dreams about?
She is a great writer and I would love to sit down to lunch with her. Here is a video of her talking about Breaking Dawn.


Doesn't she seem nice? So Stephenie is Friday's Fun Fearless Female because she managed to write several awesome books despite the fact that she three little boys running around her house.

Have a great day, and if you haven't read the Twilight Series, you should!
Love,
Elle Bunny

Attack on Speidi

Dear Heidi and Spencer,

On behalf of all Americans, I have two words for you:

GO AWAY!!!

Thanks a lot,

Elle Bunny

Vice President of the I Hate Speidi Club (obviously, the president is LC).

What's Happening, Hot Stuff?

Today it is time to pay tribute to one of the greatest movies ever. Sixteen Candles. Molly Ringwald at her best, and most importantly, JAKE RYAN. Swoon. He is a good representation of every crush I ever had. Played by Michael Shoeffling, who went away after the only other movie I have ever seen him in, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (for some reason I loved that movie as a kid). My life is most definitely a John Hughes movie (with a little bit of Steel Magnolias thrown in) and out of all the characters Molly played, this was the one I related to most. Although I didn't find my Jake Ryan until I was in college. Here is what Wikipedia had to say about Michael Schoeffling's career.

"Schoeffling is best known for his role as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, serving as a legendary lust object amongst generations of fans. On Valentine's Day of 2004 a full twenty years after the film's American premiere, the Washington Post ran an article entitled "Real Men Can't Hold a Match to Jake Ryan of Sixteen Candles", which celebrated Michael, and his character Jake's enduring popularity.[3]
Michael has been unable to duplicate the same level of success he saw with his role in Sixteen Candles, and in various magazine and newspaper interviews stated the lack of roles and a family to feed were his reasons for retiring from acting. He now lives with his wife Valerie Robinson, also a former model, and their two teenaged children in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, producing handcrafted furniture as the owner of a woodworking shop. The public and the media claims he owns a store but nobody seems to knows where it is."

Doesn't it make you happy to think of Jake Ryan building things in the woods?

And I thought I would throw in some Long Duck Dong for good measure!

Enjoy watching and have a great day!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Looking for some education, made my way into the night

This weekend, I went with my sister Meredith, our friend Elena, and her sister in law Julie to go see George Michael. He was amazing. Without a doubt the best live show I have ever seen. And it was so much fun!

He put on a show--he full out danced, he never hit a bad note, and he sang for like 2 and a half hours. It was amazing. I have always loved George, and it made me kind of sad, because he seemed kind of surprised that there were so many people there and that we all still care about him in America. Apparantly this is his first time touring America and Canada in 17 years. I have to say that while I watching him sing Faith, I was thinking, Holy Crap, I remember being like 5 years old and watching this video. And now I'm watching him sing it live and it is even better. I had a great time at the show and it seemed like everybody did. He came out for two encores--during the first one he sang A Different Corner and Careless Whisper, and during the second encore he sang Freedom which was amazing. Meredith said it best when she said that at times we felt we were at a club, and at other times it felt like we were at a European Soccer game.
I had a lot of fun with the people I went to the concert with--it is always very important to have nice, non-fussy people to go to a concert with, who won't sit in the corner and smirk while the rest of you are dancing around and singing loudly. Have you ever gone to a concert with somebody in a bad mood? No fun. But we had a great time-I love my sissy and always have so much fun with her!!Don't we look like we are siamese twins attached at the head in this picture?

Top 5 Favorite Parts of the Concert:

#5 During the concert, when George sang "Outside" he danced around in a cop outfit. Enough said.
#4 He sang "Roxanne" by the Police and it was so flawless. His voice is amazing.
#3 When he sang his song "Amazing" which he wrote about his partner Kenny. He made this sweet dedication to Kenny and had us all clap for him. Here is a picture of Kenny and George.

#2 Careless whisper. Such an amazing song and he still sings it with so much feeling after all these years #1 Freedom--everybody was jumping up and down and singing-at the point in which he sings "shake your ass" he pulled back his jacket and shook his ass in a way that only George Michael could get away with. Here is the awesome video for Freedom that combines two of the best things from the Early 90's-George Michael and glamorous Supermodels.

George Michael - Freedom '90

Have a great day!

Love,
Elle Bunny

Christian the Lion

This is so sweet! Don't you just love animals?!
These two raised Christian until he got too big for them to take care of. They released him into the wild and Christian joined a Pride of lions. A year later they reunited with him. This is the footage.

Have a great day!
Love,
Elle Bunny

Sandra Rinomato, Friday's Fun Fearless Female

Sandra Rinomato is the host of "Property Virgins," my favorite show on HGTV. Here is a clip.

Sandra is a saucy Canadian and she is always saying things like "What typical property virgins." She can look at a house, and knows immediately how much it costs. She is my new favorite host on HGTV and she is Friday's Fun Fearless Female this week.

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Not the Mama!

Do you guys remember this show? Watching this clip now, I realize it was a really weird show, but I used to love it. The baby has always reminded me of Estelle Getty aka Sophia Petrillo from Golden Girls. Do you see the resemblance?

And both of them have such a biting wit. Enjoy watching!

Love,

Elle Bunny

P.S. We went and looked at the house and like the main living areas but the bedrooms were too small and there was too much tile throughout the house. But I'm glad we looked--it was good to get our feet wet!

I have house fever!

So Mr Bunny and I live with our adorable cat Scout in a beautiful apartment. We are so lucky. We searched for days to find a place suitable for us in our first years of marriage, but it was Mr. Bunny who finally found it on his own-he just happened to drop by one day. It had been one of the complexes we had driven by on our way home after hours of going through apartments in the surrounding area. So he happened in one day and they had more bang for your buck than any of the other places we had looked at. Our apartment is on the third floor, we never hear any of our neighbors and on top of that we have a huge wraparound porch which overlooks the Balcones Nature Preserve. We have a wonderful open floor plan that allows me to cook and clean my kitchen while watching the television in my living room and/or looking out our huge picture window and seeing all the beautiful trees. Upon our request, before we moved in, they painted an accent wall in our dining room the exact color of my Fiestaware that I had registered for and we use most frequently, which is a beautiful Cinnebar. We never have trouble finding a parking space and if we have an issue that needs to be looked at by maintenance, it is taken care of that day. They have a great gym, great pools, and they are even open late enough that if a package gets delivered to the office I can pick it up after work. In the last few months, the only complaint we had about our apartment complex--that the gates were never closed--was fixed and they have been working ever since. We are very lucky to live where we do.

But lately I have developed house fever. It is bad. I think it started when I couldn't fit everything in my kitchen cabinets. We have a relatively large kitchen for an apartment, but we also have a lot of appliances and dishes (thanks to all of our wonderful friends and family who gave us such awesome wedding gifts). And don't get me wrong, I'd rather have that stuff and know that I will have room to spread it out later, but it is starting to drive me nuts that every time I put up a pot I have to move 15 pots and pans. We've been planning and saving for awhile, thinking that we would hopefully be able to move out into a house in 2009. We signed a second year lease in March so we will have to be here for at least another 8 months--and I should really enjoy this time, because our apartment is relatively inexpensive and we have very little responsibility. But I want a house so bad that it is now officially my obsession. I spend my free time at work looking at houses online. I watch HGTV like it is going out of style. And today, for the first time, even though it is pretty much pointless, The Bunnies are going to look at a house. We actually called a realtor and set up an appointment to go look at it. I don't have any good reason for it and I know the guy is probably going to be annoyed when he finds out that we aren't planning on buying a house for another 8 months, but I really like this house. It is cute and has good trees. Here is a picture of it and underneath is a link to a page about ithttp://www.austintexashomes.com/our_listings.htm#flora_vista_loop

If you want to join me in my obsession, please feel free to go to my favorite home search website:

http://escapesomewhere.com

It is hours of fun!Just pray that I don't fall in love with this house. For the last 6 months or so, whenever we look at a house online or pick up a flier and it doesn't quite fit our ideal, I say "it's not right because it's not our house. Our house won't be there until February 2009." Hopefully that will still be the case this afternoon.

Have a great day!

Elle Bunny

I'm not myself today

Somehow I can't quite get it together. I'm mumbling and bumbling and I'm afraid I'm not making a lot of sense to my callers. I usually try and watch shows or listen to music in between calls on a day like today--it helps calm me down. Today, I have big band music playing on my headphones. I cannot find the source of it and have closed all of my applications down and still it just keeps playing over and over and I just don't have the energy to figure it out. When I went out to lunch after an awful and akward team meeting I almost hit a guy's truck. I swear I didn't see him coming. What is wrong with me today? It is quite possible that these are the symptoms of PMS. Or maybe I'm getting old and crochety.

I don't sound as bad as Ouiser, do I?

What makes me feel better? My lunch break. I got away from work (I almost killed myself and someone else in the process, but I didn't and that's what matters), parked under a tree and washed a roast beef sandwich, ruffles and a sugar cookie down with a Diet Dr Pepper. But the most important ingredient? That's right. Thank God for mindless, comforting reading. It brings me back to my happy place. Nothing like a book you can finish in an hour and a half and have already read 8-10 times--one from which you can remember random details like one of Claudia's infamous outfits but can't remember the resolution of the story.
And it is bound to get better, right? I have to remember what my girl Scarlett said.

After all, tomorrow is another day!

Nicole and Keith had the baby!

I hope a dingo doesn't eat it! Can you imagine how small that baby is? Hopefully they won't lose track of it! Seriously though, I am very happy for both of them and their tiny little Aussie baby. Can't you just see Nicole as a Kanga with her little Roo in a pouch on her tummy? Yeah, me neither. What do you think they will name it? I'm actually betting on something semi-normal/cute. Congrats Keith and Nicole!

UPDATE: They named the baby Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. She weighed 6 lbs 7.5 oz at birth. I don't know how to feel about the name (it isn't Pilot Inspektor but it isn't exactly normal) and I am surprised she weighed so much--Bravo Nicole!

Last Night, I got sucked into the Baby Borrowers

It is a terrible show, but I couldn't stop watching it. Do you ever watch something for like an hour and a half and then suddenly think, oh my gosh it's 8:30, and what the hell am I watching?

So the premise of the show is really stupid. These 5 teenage couples are seriously thinking about having children together (as much as teenagers think seriously about anything) and enter an experiment where they move into a house together and then 5 sets of parents lend their babies to them for 3 and a half days!

What were they thinking? On the one hand, there was a nanny there that watched everything, but she didn't do or say anything unless they were seriously endangering the child. And the parents could watch everything from a house across the street. But why even bring your kid to be taken care of if you are just going to watch everything they do on a TV? I hope they paid those people a lot of money and that they all put the money in college funds for their kids, with an extra $10,000 put aside for the cost of therapy, because these children are going to be ticked off when they find out what happened.

Anyway, some of the teens were awful in the role of parent. There was a girl named Alicea, and she was cursing at the child (who was teething and fussy) and telling him "fine, you can starve to death" when he was having trouble eating. Her reason for having kids as a teen were "we want to be young parents."

I never understand what people mean when they say that. I mean, I understand not wanting to be so old that you can't get down on the floor and play with them, but to a five-year-old, is there really that much difference in having a parent who is 25 or 35? I would venture to say that they don't notice a difference and that their parent always seems old. And I would probably be a lot happier with a parent who had had time to get a degree and makes pretty good money than with a parent who was never there because they had to work two jobs just to make ends meet.

The thing that scares me about this show isn't someone like Alicea. I don't think she will be having kids anytime soon and I think she pretty much ruined her relationship with her boyfriend Cory. So the show did what it was supposed to do. Here is a clip of them fighting over getting up in the middle of night to take care of the baby.

The thing that worries me is someone like Kelly. Kelly and Austin came on the show because they think they are ready for kids. Besides her having a breakdown at the beginning when they made all the girls wear a baby bump

(Austin giggled at her and she got her feelings hurt. Get real girl--you only have to wear it for a couple of days), they actually did really well. They got a baby with a sweet disposition and it all looked pretty easy for them. They did a good job, too. But I'm worried that now they will go out and have a baby and be shocked when it is not all sweetness and light.

But, there is still time for them to decide to not have babies, because next week they will get toddlers. That should do the trick.

Anyway, I watched two hours of this junk last night, and then found myself about halfway into Celebrity Circus (AWFUL) and suddenly, I couldn't fight the urge to find the remote and change it to HGTV before I threw up all over the place. NBC, what the hell are you doing? I'm watching it, but it is like a train wreck. But I guess all that matters to them is that I'm watching it.

I pray that I don't get sucked back into the bad baby borrowers vortex again next week, but chances are I will.

Love,

Elle Bunny

Take on Me!!!

I just had to share this amazing video with you. My best friend Meredith works at a very nice shoe store in the Domain and during their down-time, she and her co-workers Thomas and Mary decided to create this wonderful video.

I think they have a bright future in show business.

I am lucky enough to have the funniest best friend in the whole world.

Enjoy!

Love,

Elle Bunny

Stealing Magnolias

I just thought I would share this with everyone since it made me laugh. If you haven't guessed from the name of my blog, this just so happens to my favorite movie, and it is interesting to see it with a new twist.

Have a great day!

Elle Bunny